Robert Willott on his book Between the Balance Sheets
Robert Willott has studied the corporate financial reporting practice of over 30 separate companies with the aim to identify shortcomings and encourage debate on how accounting regulations might be improved
Can you tell us about your career in accountancy?
I trained and qualified with a medium-sized firm in the West End of London, where I became a young partner. One day I saw an advertisement for an editor for a new weekly financial news magazine and wrote to enquire whether I might be able to write a regular column on accounting topics, as I had developed an interest in writing as a hobby.